Genre: | Biography Drama Sport |
Director: | Daniel Haller |
Starring: | Michael Learned Anne Baxter Anne Francis Glynnis O'Connor Mark Harmon Leslie Nielsen |
Music: | Carl Brandt Billy May |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Jack Webb |
Producer: | George Sherman |
Cinematography: | Harry L. Wolf |
Editor: | Michael Berman Bill E. Garst Douglas Hines Bob Swanson |
Runtime: | 150 minutes |
Company: | Mark VII Limited Worldvision Enterprises |
Network: | NBC |
Little Mo is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly[1] (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19. It stars Glynnis O'Connor, Michael Learned, Anne Baxter, Mark Harmon (as her husband Norman Brinker) and Leslie Nielsen.
It is strongly implied that Connolly's dramatic Wimbledon match versus Britain's Sue Partridge was the first singles match that Connolly played that year at the 1952 Wimbledon tournament. It was actually a fourth-round match.
The final scene, in which Connolly and her former coach (Eleanor Tennant) are dramatically reunited at a public tennis court near the end of Connolly's life, never occurred.